I feel ready for the marathon on Saturday. My bag is packed up with running gear, shoes, and the course map.
The focus of the coming week is carb loading. I've struggled to eat "enough" carbs during training on long/hard days. 300 grams is a lot of carbs! At least it is for someone with a bird-like appetite and dislike of sweets.
This week I prepared a meal plan that provides at least 285 grams of carbs a day. It's basically all pasta and bread. And soda. I was a little surprised to learn that soda is a completely valid component of carb loading. No angry little asterisk saying that it's bad for you.
Here's a sample day:
Breakfast: .75 cups Greek Yogurt with 1 tbsp honey
Snack 1: Apple and banana
Lunch: 2 Veggie wraps (flour tortilla) and a Coke
Snack 2: .5 cup cashews and .5 cup dried cherries
Dinner: 1.5 cups spaghetti with tomato sauce and 1 cup milk
Snack 3 [post-dinner grazing]: free choice
Total carbs: 311 grams
Total protein: 75 gram
Week 17 Plan
Total: 21 miles
Sunday: 4 miles
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: HIIT
Wednesday: 6 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 8 miles
Week 17 Results
Total: 18.1 miles
Sunday: 4.1 miles
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: HIIT
Wednesday: 6
Thursday: Rest (still haven't figured out how to fit this run in consistently after 17 weeks...)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 8 miles
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